AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 7700X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Has 32768 KB larger L3 cache size
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Newer - released 2-years later
- Around 25.72 GB/s (54%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2218 vs 1644 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | October 8, 2020 | September 29, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.8 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 4.15 billions | 6.57 billions |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | AM4 | AM5 |
| TDP | 105 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | - | 142 W |
| Peak temperature | 90°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 128 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 GB/s | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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